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Let's not forget Phantomarine and Vainglorious, both of which were recommended to me in replies to that comment.
Vainglorious is about a dragon who got banished and cursed into human shape as a punishment for challenging his queen, along with the the human he landed on and the blue elf he got kicked out of their village. Valuable life lessons will presumably be learned at some point. Also the human character bears a passing resemblance to one Emil Vasterstrom, both in appearance and in personality.
Phantomarine is about a princess who is assassinated, challenges the dead god of death (whose name isn't Jeff) and wins, but can't return herself and her friends to life without fetching a magical artifact that Jeff also needs for his own purposes, which he can't get for himself because he can't go on land. There's also Pavel, recently quasi-orphaned and with a nasty case of ghost-bite. It's hilarious, but also deeply creepy at times. There's action, there's adventure, there's tragedy, Jeff is a plesiosaur sometimes, it's great. With SSSS ended and MAiZ on indeterminate hiatus, Phantomarine is probably my favorite still-updating comic.
I think the link to Freelancers in my Disqus post was broken, as are the chapter links on the site itself.
This should take you to page one.Glad to see
Daughter of the Lilies getting some representation here. It's also one of my favorites. I think the current hiatus was mentioned, but there's an author-commentary version of the opening chapter running in the mean time, which I'm finding quite interesting.
I see
Beyond the Western Deep has also been mentioned. I'll just add that, while I've never read Redwall, I'm semi-reliably informed that if you liked Redwall, you'll like BTWD. If you
didn't like Redwall because of its black-and-white approach to morality, then you'll
really like BTWD. If you like stories where nobody gets stabbed ever, you probably won't like BTWD. Do yourself a favor and skip the opening world-building exposition chapter when you're first deciding whether you want to read it or not.
I should probably also mention that
Harpy Gee is on hiatus again while the writer/artist works on other projects, and only has a few more chapters left before completion.
Let's see, what else is there?
Three Panel Soul is a gag strip that mixes different subjects. Sometimes it's autobiographical, sometimes it's video game parody, sometimes it's cats, and sometimes it's fantasy slice-of-life, among others.
Litterbox is another gag strip, this time family/parenting slice-of-life starring anthropomorphic cats. I'd guesstimate somewhere around 20-30% of the jokes are animal-related.
Tomics is yet another gag strip, this one Christian (specifically, Catholic) in nature. It's not preachy. Truth be told it's mostly Bible puns and general silliness.
If you like video game parody gag strips, you probably don't need me to tell you about
Awkward Zombie. It is silly. (Also, Brawl in the Family ended years ago and The Gamercat is on indefinite hiatus, so Awkward Zombie is kind of the only gaming comic I really read anymore.)
Pepper and Carrot is about a young witch student (Pepper) and her cat (Carrot) having various adventures and misadventures. Some of its story arcs get serious (especially recently), but in general it leans toward whimsical and charming. The neat thing is it's completely open source: It's released under a Creative Commons license and the Krita and Inkscape files are all made available. Volunteers have translated it into several languages. (The site boasts 59, but only a handful of those are complete and many are basically nothing.) The update schedule is rather lackadaisical, though.
It's been a while since I've read it, but I remember deeply enjoying
Inner Space. It's about the gryphon-like Mag, who, together with an adorable sidekick who runs on kid-logic, must navigate a treacherous world that runs on dream-logic to restore her lost memories and return home. At one point there's a bone dragon, which fans of Minna's creatures will probably like.
If you're willing to take gambles on somewhat more amateur productions, check out
Legends of Amora and
Derideal.
Amora is a high fantasy comic. The art is pretty nice and I love the characters, but the dialogue writing leaves a bit to be desired. It's about a young girl who gets wrapped up in a family drama between immortal(?) magic users. May or may not also involve time travel.
Derideal (I think it's pronounced Dare Ideal but your guess is as good as mine) is sci-fi action-adventure about anthropomorphic animal characters created by uplift experiments. It's a collection of several sub-series. I recommend starting with Xeno Experiments Nova, since it's relatively self-contained, being a space-faring story set in the distant future of the other storylines. The two that are currently ongoing are the "main" Derideal (a remake/remaster of its original run, which just entered its second volume) and The Void. Derideal is about Aden (a.k.a. Adres), the first uplifted cat boy (not catboy) escaping with his friend from the facility where they were created. The Void is about two groups of characters (one in the present, one in flashback) trying to escape an underground lab where rejected uplifts are banished, with some serious eldritch-y problems. There are some rough edges to the dialogue, and occasionally the art, but overall I'm enjoying it.
I'd plug my own comic but it only has one page out and at the rate I'm going it will be a decade before the remaining six are finished.
